Turkey and Mongolia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Turkey	Mongolia
Leader
President: Abdullah Gul	President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Population
79,749,461	3,179,997
Life Expectancy
72.770 years	68.630 years
Capital City
Ankara	Ulaanbaatar
Largest city
Istanbul (population: 11,174,300)	Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)
Human Development Index
0.798	0.72
GDP per capita
$14,700 US	$4,800 US
Literacy Rate
87.4%	97.8%
Corruption Perception Index
4.6	3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
9.1%	4.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Husnu Ozyegin ($2.9bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
9.800%	9.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
republican parliamentary democracy	mixed parliamentary/presidential
Independence date
29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire)	11 July 1921 (from China)
Religions
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)	Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
Languages
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey	Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
Exports
apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment	copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
External Debt
$306,600,000,000 $	$1,900,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Turkish liras (TRY) per US dollar - 1.3179 (2008 est.), 1.319 (2007), 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004) note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira; on 1 January 2009 the Turkish government dropped the word "new" and the currency is now called simply the Turkish lira	togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
5.300%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
8	4
Location
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria	Northern Asia, between China and Russia
Area
783,562 km sq	1,564,116 km sq
Coastline
7,200 km	0 km
Climate
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior	desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)

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